OCPBUGS-77956: Update to use the 4.21 Operator Catalog

[bfournie]

It appears that all operators are available in the 4.21 catalog now particularly the mtv-operator which was previously requiring us to use the 4.20 catalog.

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@bfournie: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-77956, which is valid. The bug has been moved to the POST state.

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• bug is open, matching expected state (open)
• bug target version (4.22.0) matches configured target version for branch (4.22.0)
• bug is in the state ASSIGNED, which is one of the valid states (NEW, ASSIGNED, POST)

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/cc @mhanss

The bug has been updated to refer to the pull request using the external bug tracker.

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[bfournie]

Using this catalog results in a successful installation:

oc get nodes
NAME       STATUS                     ROLES                         AGE   VERSION
master-0   Ready,SchedulingDisabled   control-plane,master,worker   14m   v1.34.4
master-1   Ready                      control-plane,master,worker   40m   v1.34.4
master-2   Ready                      control-plane,master,worker   40m   v1.34.4
+(./agent/agent_post_install_validation.sh:218): ((  3 != 3  ))
+(./agent/agent_post_install_validation.sh:223): oc get clusterversion
NAME      VERSION                              AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.21.0-0.nightly-2026-03-04-191930   True        False         22s     Cluster version is 4.21.0-0.nightly-2026-03-04-191930

We can see that the mtv-operator is successfully install with the 2.11 version matching this catalog:

Conditions:
        Last Transition Time:  2026-03-08T15:49:00Z
        Last Update Time:      2026-03-08T15:49:00Z
        Message:               install strategy completed with no errors
        Reason:                InstallSucceeded
        Status:                True
        Type:                  Succeeded
      Kind:                    ClusterServiceVersion
      Name:                    mtv-operator.v2.11.0
      Namespace:               openshift-mtv
      API Version:             apiextensions.k8s.io/v1

[bfournie]

/cc @andfasano

[bfournie]

/test e2e-agent-compact-ipv4-iso-no-registry

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/test e2e-agent-compact-ipv4-iso-no-registry

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@bfournie: The following test failed, say /retest to rerun all failed tests or /retest-required to rerun all mandatory failed tests:

Test name	Commit	Details	Required	Rerun command
ci/prow/e2e-agent-compact-ipv4-iso-no-registry	1fe83a9	link	false	/test e2e-agent-compact-ipv4-iso-no-registry

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[andfasano]

/lgtm

The iso-no-registry it's still failing due timeout, very likely there are still some issues with the operators, but if they are available now the patch seems worth to have it

[bfournie]

/verified by @bfournie

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@bfournie: Jira Issue Verification Checks: Jira Issue OCPBUGS-77956
✔️ This pull request was pre-merge verified.
✔️ All associated pull requests have merged.
✔️ All associated, merged pull requests were pre-merge verified.

Jira Issue OCPBUGS-77956 has been moved to the MODIFIED state and will move to the VERIFIED state when the change is available in an accepted nightly payload. 🕓

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It appears that all operators are available in the 4.21 catalog now particularly the mtv-operator which was previously requiring us to use the 4.20 catalog.

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